Cultivate'23 "Essentials of Hydroponics Production: A tHRIve symposium"
The OptimIA team presented “Essentials of Hydroponics Production: A tHRIve symposium” at the Cultivate’23 annual conference in Columbus, OH.
The symposium featured talks from:
- Dr. AJ Both (Rutgers University); “Supplemental Lighting Technology for Crop Production”
- Dr. Celina Gomez (Purdue University); “Crop Production Methods for Leafy Greens”
- Dr. Murat Kacira (University of Arizona); “An Introduction to Hydroponics Systems”
- Dr. Chieri Kubota (Ohio State University); “Nutrient and Rootzone Management”
- Dr. Roberto Lopez (Michigan State University); “Plant Responses to the Environment”
- Dr. Erik Runkle (Michigan State University); “The Basics of Plant Lighting”
- Dr. Nadia Sabeh (Dr. Greenhouse, Inc.); “Basics of Heating, Ventilation, and Air Conditioning (HVAC)”
The following presentation slides from the symposium are available for you to reference.





